Monday, March 17, 2014

British luxury liner QE3 docks in YokohamaThe Japan TimesThe cruise ship was scheduled to depart for Kobe in the evening. The 90,400-ton vessel, which was launched in autumn 2010 as the third ship in Cunard's fleet — Britain's most famous cruising line — replaced the world-famous QE2, also named the Queen ...and more »

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Book Review: QE2 A photographic JourneyMaritime MattersI remember, as a Southampton lad, the QE2 making her first appearance as the latest Cunard liner. An upstart with her stark while and black funnel, and her introduction marred by turbine trouble. It was a difficult start for a ship that became vastly popular as ...

Friday, March 7, 2014

Chief who put the cruise at Cunard's coreFinancial TimesBahna, who has died of a heart attack aged 71, deployed his negotiating skills to such effect that the QE2 could keep an ultra-modern navigation system installed on her by the Ministry of Defence, Mr Riding recalls. Still, it took “a further 18 months, to Ralph's horror” to ... from steam to diesel bought the QE2 another 20 years afloat. Turning their been-there-done-that backs on the destinations and what lay beyond, devotees began to change ship in New York or Southampton simply to embark on a next ocean outing.